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Fail to prepare then you prepare to fail…

4 June 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under Cricket’s international schedule is making genuine groundwork a thing of the past THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN […]

Broad is kept so young by fine art

4 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If James Anderson is the perfectionist, Stuart Broad is the pragmatist – a bowler who finds what […]

Josh has really set Tongues wagging

4 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Tall, quick and accurate, there is much to admire about Josh Tongue, the strapping Worcestershire fast bowler who […]

My all-time blast XI (Please forgive me, Azhar!)

4 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS The Cricket Paper asked me to pick my all-time XI for English domestic cricket and it’s been a […]

Same old Surrey are always smiling

4 June 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too Last […]

Forgotten and unloved – tough days for Associates

28 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Within hours of landing in London this week, I stood inside The […]

Ashes quality is in danger due to lack of preparation

28 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE | @derekpringle Australians used to be the only ones who disagreed with Stuart Broad’s pronouncements on cricket. Yet, […]

Hats off to my old roommate Jimmy!

28 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS What another extraordinary achievement by Jimmy Anderson: 20 years as a fast bowler in Test cricket. Back in […]

Raising a glass to game’s true heroes

28 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE – AKA The Grumbler It is less than a week old yet the T20 Blast has already consumed […]

Red or white, it’s easy – Just watch the ball

23 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It’s good that the T20 Blast is played out in one block now, with just a handful of […]

Don’t deny us the thrill of a chase

23 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It happened again last week. County cricket had the chance to create excitement, spectacle and, […]

Aussie quicks are raring to go

23 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER I can’t remember any bit of pre-Ashes trash leaving me feeling as disappointed as Steve Smith’s […]

Jofra’s now got a tough decision to make

21 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have played exactly 48 Tests since Jofra Archer made his debut in 2019, but due to […]

County batters heeding McCullum’s clarion call

14 May 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE County cricketers have always been particular about their batting gloves but the gauntlet thrown down by Brendon McCullum, […]

Why are we giving smith a free net?

14 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS So, Steve Smith has arrived on these shores to play three County Championship matches for Sussex. Or, to […]

Walking away the blues

14 May 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Unlike this August’s publication, not everything or everyone can return from a period away with […]

Welcome to the DAshes

14 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER – The Mel Farrell Column I’m currently sitting in a country New South Wales cafe on […]

Pressure on Morgan and death bowling woes – England’s T20 series in West Indies

1 February 2022 0 comments

England were edged out at the last by Jason Holder’s four wickets in four balls as the West Indies prevailed […]

BRING ON THE BIG GUNS, ENGLAND!

26 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteIwrote in these pages last month that Australia – both the national team and the country itself – […]

COUNTY SEASON LEFT TO SUFFER

26 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringleAs harbingers of things to come the recent move by Ross Whiteley from Worcestershire to Hampshire would not […]

IT’S BEEN A SUMMER WE CAN SAVOUR

19 September 2021 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketAn international season that ends the way this 2021 summer version has done cannot be described as vintage […]

KOHLI’S MEN RANK AMONG THE GREATS

19 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteIt’s just too bad the riveting, potentially era-defining Test series between India and England ended farcically. Look beyond […]

LORD’S CAN DO MORE FOR WOMEN’S GAME

19 September 2021 0 comments

ADAM COLLINS @collinsadamBroadcaster of the Year 2020Alvanley Cricket Club’s Jimmy Ecclestone beats England star sister Sophie to Lord’s,’ declared the […]